Truck



A J WOOD.

TRU CK. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24, 1920.

1,392,3 7, Patented Oct. 4, 1921.

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To azzwhoma may] concern:

Be'it known that LA J'VVo'oD, a citizen of the United States'of America, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of -Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trucks, and I do hereby declare the following to he a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable 'oth'ers skilled in the art'to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a truck, particularly adapted vto carry containers such as;

grease, paint or the like are veryfheavy and a'truck to handle the same must" not on y operate easily but must .be very strong and durable in order to withstand the'hard usage and the strains to which'they are subjected in service' Such trucks also should'be of ,very simple construction, readily manufactured at low cost. It is an object and pur pose ofithe present invention tov provide a truck'which attains these ends 'in all respects, the truck produced being very simple in construction and ei'tremely durable and eflicient in use and operation. U

For an understanding of the invention reference maybe had to the follow ng de scription' taken in conjunction with the ac-.

companying drawing, in which;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the truck, the same being shown as handling a barrel lubricating grease.

Fig. 2 is a. plan view of the truck; and,

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevation of one end of a slightly modified formof construction of truck.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the differentviews of the drawing. 'In construction, a front truck'member is provided, comprising .a vertical relatively strong and heavy member 1 of wood, to

which in the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a lower horizontal ledge 2 of wood is permanently secured, the same extending back ofthe member 1. The truck also includes a rearftruck member of substantially the same construction includingan upright or vertical member 3, substantially identical with member 1, and a lower'horizontal cured.

' ljAppllcat ion jfiled February 24, 1920. 'sei iaino. 360,565. 1

Specification of Letters Patent. P t t d O t, 4,1921]; I

i J forwardly projecting ledged which is v permanentlysecured to the under side ofjsaid member 3; At each end of eachof these truck members rollers or casters 5 are se-;

From the front truck member a; tongue '6 extends'up wardlyand forwardly being permanently secured at its lower end to'thewertical part "'1 of the front-truck member. v i v f The front and rear truck members are connected by two parallel spaced apart lrodsr 7 which pass loosely through the upright members 1 and 3 of the rear and front truck. members, said rods at theirrear ends being .provided withheads; 8-which bear against the rear side of the part3 of the rear truck;

member.

the heads 8, thisbeing'fa' matter merely'of; designand not changing the. action of the;

truck in any respect.

When the barrel-or other container ,l l 'is',

I At their front ends these rods :7 i are threaded, as indicated at 9, to receive to be placed ontheltruclr'the nuts 10 are' loosened so that there is plenty Q f 'spacei,

' forthe barrel to pass between theupright parts land '3 ofthe twotruck members, the; A

ends 'of'the barrel restingfon the horizontal,

ledges Q/and The nuts 10are then tight ened so as to bring the heads'of .the'barrel or similar". .containeruagainst said upright portions 1 and 3 of the two truck-members. Ina very short time a depression is made on the rear side of the member 1 and on the front sideof the member 3, due to the pressure of the ends'of the barrel. against said members so'that practically the entire weight of the container is taken by the vertical members 1 and 3 after the nuts 10 are tight ened. From this it followsthat the rods 7 are subject only to a tension strain and the container itself serves to givefrigidity to the truck while it is in use. This truck may be moved to different positions and carried from one place to another, for instance, in a garage for the dispensing of grease from the container 11 which dispensing may be obtained in any desired manner though I have'shown the container equipped with the grease gun which forms-the subject matter of, my application for Patent Ser. No. 360,864, filed Feb. 24,1920. q

In: Fig. 3, a slight modification in comto provide the vertical m'embersl and 3 "of fth'e truck with some horizontally extending device between the ends thereof to serve as a, ledge on which theends of the barrel may rest until nuts 10 are, tightened to hold the '7 barrel between the upright parts l and 3, but thefull length ledgemade byv parts 2- andA is not needed. e a

The truck is very simple in construction.

Itis very effective and durable in service The heavy weights which must be carried in moving a barrel of grease from one place to another, 111" many lnstances over uneven floors,frequires that the truck shall be of ex- "ceptionalstrengthQ The front and rear truck ,members may be made amply strong to sustain the weights which are'car-ried by the truck while, asrods 7 are subjected only to tension strains, such rods may be made amply strong-without the use of any coni 'sidera'ble amount either in weight or bulk of '30 I truck ;-members I each including "a? vertical part, rods'passing'loosely through said ver-' "tical parts of thetruckmembers and located I substantially'as described- V a D A truck including front and rear 10-;

- Inaterial.

icjlaim: 1 =1 ll'rA wtruck comprising front "and rear in spacedfapart relation-to each, other, and

,;means on said rod s fordrawingfsaidtruck niembers toward each other and against a b'ar'relor other container held between them,

truck members, each including averti'cal part'between WhlCh a-bairel OIASlIIillHI 0on tainer is adapted to be placed, a rod passing I loosely throughth-e vertical parts oflthe truck members so as to be located one at scribed.

each side of the container, and nuts; threaded onto the ends of therods for binding-said vertical parts of the truck members against the ends of the container, substantially as and for the'purposes described.

3. A truck comprising front and rear truck members, each truck member includa vertical part, and a ledge atits -lower extending rearwardly and of thegrear member extending forwardly,a pair of rods pass, ing loosely through the vertical; portions of said truck members and disposed in spaced apart relation, and means on the rods for drawing the truck members toward each other-and against the ends of a container dlsposed between them, substanti wood, aledge' attached to and extending backof said: vertical member at the lower I part thereof,,a rear truck member including a similar vertical member; of wood, a ledge connected thereto and extending forwardly from'the lower portion thereof, casters at 'tached one at "each end of each truck mern ber, rods passing loosely through the truck lIneInbers and disposed in spaced'apart rela-v,

t on, and means on the rodsfor drawing the truck members toward each other and a i a a 1' Similar" container -disedge, the ledge of. the front truck member: I i

'60 ally as and for the purposes described. eL'In a truck,- a front truck member in V eluding a vertically positioned member-of G5 posed between them, substantially 5. .A 'truckfcom prising front and truck members adapted to receive and carry the ends of a' barrel or similar container,- an'd." e

meansjconnected to the truck -membersfor (7 drawing the same toward each other and j r a-gailnst, the ends of the container, substa'nJ ti'ally as l and for the. purposes described. Q

1 In testimony whereofl .aflix my signature. f q

I 4A. J. WOOD 

